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“Can you permit people to die like this due to pollution? Can you permit the country to go back by 100 years,” observed a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra.
“We have to make government responsible for this,” the bench said and asked, “Why can’t govt machinery stop stubble burning? Coming down heavily on state governments, the top court said that if they don’t bother about people, they have no right to be in power.
“You (states) have forgotten the concept of welfare government. They are not bothered about poor people, this is very unfortunate,” said the bench, also comprising Justice Deepak Gupta.
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